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anyone among you who has done wrong, We will nearby, but after their defeat they will themselves
make him suffer great punishment. (25:19) be victorious in a few years’ time. The affair is
In this way We have assigned to every Prophet an Allah’s from beginning to end. On that day, the
enemy from among the evildoers. But your Lord is believers will rejoice in Allah’s help. He grants
a sufficient guide and helper. (25:31) victory to whoever He wills. He is the Almighty,
We gave Musa the Book and appointed his brother the Most Merciful. (30:2-5)
Harun with him as a helper. (25:35) However, those who do wrong pursue their
Yet they worship instead of Allah what can neither whims and desires without any knowledge. Who
help nor harm them. The disbeliever is ever, can guide those whom Allah has led astray? They
against his Lord, an assistant (to Satan). (25:55) will have no helpers. (30:29)
He (Ibrahim) said, ‘Do they (the idols) hear you Before you We sent other Messengers to their
when you call or do they help you or do you people, and they too brought them the Clear
harm?’ (26:72-73) Signs. We took revenge on those who did evil;
They will be asked, ‘Where are those you used to and it is Our duty to help the believers. (30:47)
worship besides Allah? Can they help you or even On that Day the excuses of those who did wrong
help themselves?’ (26:92-93) will not help them nor will they be able to ap-
Morning found him in the city, fearful and on his pease Allah. (30:57)
guard. Then suddenly the man who had sought his Say: ‘Who is going to shield you from Allah if He
help the day before, shouted for help from him desires evil for you or desires mercy for you?’
again. Musa said to him, ‘You are clearly a mis- They will find no one to protect or help them be-
guided man.’ (28:18) sides Allah. (33:17)
We made them leaders, summoning to the Fire, (A Searing Blaze) where they will remain time-
and on the Day of Rising they will not be helped. lessly, for ever and ever, not finding any protector
(28:41) or any helper. (33:65)
We caused the earth to swallow up both him and ‘Today you possess no power to help or harm
his house. There was no group to come to his one another.’ And We will say to those who did
aid, besides Allah, and he was not someone who wrong, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire which
is helped. (28:81) you denied.’ (34:42)
There are some people who say, ‘We believe in No burden-bearer can bear another’s burden. If
Allah,’ and then, when they suffer harm in Allah’s someone weighed down calls for help to bear his
cause, they take people’s persecution for Allah’s load, none of it will be borne for him, even by his
punishment; but if help comes from your Lord next of kin. You can only warn those who fear
they say, ‘We were with you.’ Does Allah not their Lord in the Unseen and perform prayer.
know best what is in every person’s heart? Whoever is purified, is purified for himself alone.
(29:10) Allah is your final destination. (35:18)
(Say:) ‘There is no way out for you in earth or They will shout out in it, ‘Our Lord! Take us out!
heaven. You have no protector or helper besides We will act rightly, differently from the way we
Allah.’ (29:22) used to act!’ Did We not let you live long enough
He (Ibrahim) said, ‘You have adopted idols apart for anyone who was going to pay heed to pay
from Allah as tokens of mutual affection in this heed? And did not the warner come to you? Taste
world. But then on the Day of Rising you will re- it then! There is no helper for the wrongdoers.
ject one another and curse one another. The Fire (35:37)
will be your shelter. You will have no helpers.’ (The man from the far side of the city said,) ‘Am I to
(29:25) take as gods instead of Him those whose interces-
He (Lut) said, ‘My Lord, help me against the peo- sion, if the All-Merciful desires harm for me, will
ple of corruption!’ (29:30) not help me at all and cannot save me?’ (36:23)
The Romans have been defeated in the land They have taken gods besides Allah so that per-
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